Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal.

ABSTRACT: We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D. repens nematode in this patient.

SUBMITTER: Potters I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106435 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature